RE: Transmission SCADA systems
<quote>Transmission SCADA systems, on the other hand, can automatically open breakers in a matter of seconds in respond to the initiation of a number of different load shed schemes..</quote>
Like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965
(and its re-occurrence) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Western_North_America_blackouts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Ice_Storm_of_1998
widespread outage resulting from cascading events in a power grid.
This is NOT news to those who actually are responsible for operating the grid, but it is ignored by the executives in the """lofty towers""" who don't want to pay for it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
